# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shapur-iv
# Generated: 2026-09-01T18:48:30.494Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shapur-iv"
name: "Shapur IV"
slug: "shapur-iv"
description: "Shapur IV, was king of Sasanian Armenia from 415 to 420, who briefly ruled the Sasanian Empire in 420. The only witnesses to this brief reign are the 5th century Armenian historians Łazar Pʿarpecʿi and Movses Khorenatsʿi, and the Mandaean Book of Kings, in which he appears as \"King Shābur, son of Yazdiger.\""
tagline: "King of Persian Armenia and the temporary ruler of the Sassanid Empire (420)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Drachm_of_Shapur_IV.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "400"
deathDate: "420"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.62
  momentum:             0.2474062250598564
  historical:           17.97955733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Shapur 4-sè"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump